Pelvic Floor Symptoms During Exercise | Markham Pelvic Physio
Why Pushing Harder in January Can Backfire on Your Pelvic Health Pelvic Floor Symptoms During Exercise | Markham Pelvic Physio For as long as I can remember, I’ve made [...]
Simple Tips for Better Bladder Health | Markham Pelvic Health
6 Tips for Better Bladder Health The holidays are full of joy, beautiful food, late nights, and let’s be honest… a little more stress than usual. With all of those [...]
3 Postpartum Symptoms to Watch For — and When to See a Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist
3 Postpartum Symptoms to Watch For — and When to See a Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist You’re in the thick of it — sleep is unpredictable, your body feels unfamiliar, and [...]
Kegel Exercises: Why 50% Do Them Wrong and How to Fix It
Kegel Exercises: 3 Mistakes Women Make and How to Fix Them Kegels are one of the most common pelvic floor exercises — yet they’re also one of the most misunderstood. [...]
Vaginismus: what, why and how to treat it.
Vaginismus. A Pelvic Physio's Guide to Treatment. During my 15 years as a pelvic floor physio, I've had the opportunity to work with so many women to overcome Vaginismus. This [...]
What is Chiropractic Care?
What is Chiropractic Care? Chiropractic care is tailored to each individual's unique needs. Chiropractors specialize in musculoskeletal health, this includes the human skeleton, muscles, ligaments, joints, and nerves. [...]
Stress Urinary Incontinence: Causes, Risk Factors & Prevention
Stress Urinary Incontinence: Risk Factors, Causes and Solutions to Leakage. Last week, I was with one of my clients and she was telling me about her weekend [...]
What is Stress Incontinence?
What is Stress Urinary Incontinence? Stress urinary incontinence (SUI), sometimes known simply as stress incontinence is the leaking of a small amount of urine due to a sudden increase in abdominal [...]
Chronic Pelvic Pain Treatment
Retraining Your Body's Nervous System to Overcome Chronic Pelvic Pain Our Body's Nervous System is Wired like a Home Security System. Our body’s nervous system includes the brain, spinal [...]
Prostatectomy: Preparation and Recovery
Prostatectomy Recovery: can pelvic floor physio improve my post-operative outcomes? Creating a plan for pre-operative preparation and Prostatectomy Recovery can help improve your outcomes for surgery. Prostate cancer is the 2nd [...]
What is Urge Urinary Incontinence?
What is Urge Urinary Incontinence? Also known as urge incontinence, it is when you have a sudden and very strong desire to urinate that you cannot delay. Imagine this: you [...]
Men’s Pelvic Health
Men and the Pelvic Floor. Yes, it's true. Both men and women have pelvic floor muscles. That’s correct, there are many males that also walk through our doors to see our [...]
Holiday Message
From our family to yours, Happy Holidays! This year has been highlighted by some incredible change and challenges but also some amazing examples of growth and resilience. As we approach the [...]
We are OPEN!
And we couldn't be happier! On May 26, 2020, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health gave the green light for physiotherapists to gradually and carefully begin providing all services, including non-essential [...]
Telehealth Frequently Asked Questions
Telehealth Frequently Asked Questions We understand that doing a therapy session online might feel a bit weird, but we hope the following FAQ section helps answer any concerns you might have. If [...]
COVID-19 UPDATE: Telehealth/Virtual Appointments are Here!
Telehealth/Virtual Appointments are Here! And we couldn't be happier to share them with you! We are fortunate enough to live in a time where technology allows us to deliver safe and [...]
Important Covid-19 Update
March 17, 2020 To the valued clients at Markham Pelvic Health, In an effort to flatten the curve of the Covid-19 outbreak, we have come to the difficult decision to close the [...]
Body Preparation for the Best Birth Possible
You let us know what you wanted and we listened! We have been running our "Growing Pains" information sessions at Markham Stouffville and it has been a huge success. Month after month [...]
Group Programming is Coming to Markham Pelvic Health!
We are so excited to be launching a Pregnancy and Post-Partum Support Group in the Fall. This 6 week program will be facilitated by Judy Lui, Registered Psychotherapist. This program is for [...]
Community Updates
Now that the warmer weather had arrived, it's time to get outside and move! At Markham Pelvic Health, we have been doing lots of moving (and planning, and growing!) Melissa Wong, pelvic [...]